I approached making this group of work from two broad cultural view points. The first was a more general take on the real and mythological heritage of the old "Wild West/Texas" as a place that required the fearless pioneering spirit to settle and conquer the wide open unknown. The second was to embellish this idea via the use of imagery often found in "B" movies, many of which dealt mythological themes of the old west. Of course these movies were often garish and bigger than life, while retaining at least some semblance of truth. I have chosen to twist these tales around so that these characters portrayed in my work show that often irrational fear of the unknown which even now seems to retain some significance in our current society.

I have grown up in Texas and have been virtually a life long resident. I remember being told the stories and myths of this place where I live. Like many others I have these tales woven into my own personal consciousness.